Patents by Inventor Mitsutoshi Shirota

Mitsutoshi Shirota has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7979817
    Abstract: A memory cell information producing unit obtains physical terminal coordinates, physical terminal names and logical terminal names of a memory cell and layout data, and operates based on them to specify parasitic elements parasitic on interconnections of the memory cell, and to produce memory cell information including the physical terminal names and representing physical properties and a connection relationship of inner elements of the memory cell and the parasitic elements. Memory cell array information producing unit obtains connection information determining the connection relationship of physical terminals of the memory cell, assigns node names to the physical terminals of the memory cell based on the connection information, and produces memory cell array information representing the node names of all the memory cells. A memory cell array net list producing unit produces a net list of the memory cell array formed of the memory cell information and the memory cell array information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki Kanamoto, Mitsutoshi Shirota, Michiko Uchimura
  • Publication number: 20080270967
    Abstract: A memory cell information producing unit obtains physical terminal coordinates, physical terminal names and logical terminal names of a memory cell and layout data, and operates based on them to specify parasitic elements parasitic on interconnections of the memory cell, and to produce memory cell information including the physical terminal names and representing physical properties and a connection relationship of inner elements of the memory cell and the parasitic elements. Memory cell array information producing unit obtains connection information determining the connection relationship of physical terminals of the memory cell, assigns node names to the physical terminals of the memory cell based on the connection information, and produces memory cell array information representing the node names of all the memory cells. A memory cell array net list producing unit produces a net list of the memory cell array formed of the memory cell information and the memory cell array information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Toshiki Kanamoto, Mitsutoshi Shirota, Michiko Uchimura
  • Patent number: 7398506
    Abstract: A memory cell information producing unit obtains physical terminal coordinates, physical terminal names and logical terminal names of a memory cell and layout data, and operates based on them to specify parasitic elements parasitic on interconnections of the memory cell, and to produce memory cell information including the physical terminal names and representing physical properties and a connection relationship of inner elements of the memory cell and the parasitic elements. Memory cell array information producing unit obtains connection information determining the connection relationship of physical terminals of the memory cell, assigns node names to the physical terminals of the memory cell based on the connection information, and produces memory cell array information representing the node names of all the memory cells. A memory cell array net list producing unit produces a net list of the memory cell array formed of the memory cell information and the memory cell array information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Toshiki Kanamoto, Mitsutoshi Shirota, Michiko Uchimura
  • Publication number: 20060190898
    Abstract: A memory cell information producing unit obtains physical terminal coordinates, physical terminal names and logical terminal names of a memory cell and layout data, and operates based on them to specify parasitic elements parasitic on interconnections of the memory cell, and to produce memory cell information including the physical terminal names and representing physical properties and a connection relationship of inner elements of the memory cell and the parasitic elements. Memory cell array information producing unit obtains connection information determining the connection relationship of physical terminals of the memory cell, assigns node names to the physical terminals of the memory cell based on the connection information, and produces memory cell array information representing the node names of all the memory cells. A memory cell array net list producing unit produces a net list of the memory cell array formed of the memory cell information and the memory cell array information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Toshiki Kanamoto, Mitsutoshi Shirota, Michiko Uchimura
  • Publication number: 20040123262
    Abstract: An automatic placement and routing system includes a general routing unit for deciding general routing of connections according to a netlist; a calculation unit for calculating a sum total of distances of the connections along the general routing; a revision unit for revising the general routing of a specified connection, when the sum total of the distances is greater than a reference value; and a detailed routing unit for deciding, when the sum total of the distances is less than the reference value, the detailed routing of the individual connections according to the general routing the general routing unit decides, and for deciding, when the sum total is greater than the reference value, the detailed routing of the individual connections according to the revised general routing the revision unit produces. It can reduce wiring congestion and a layout size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: Renesas Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi Shirota, Kazuhiro Takahashi